Visual poetry blog H& features a wide variety of image based poems and pseudo-textual experiments. Yesterday, a video still from “Succubus Highway” was posted to the site. You can see the image here. The image includes text veering into asemic territory due to heavy video processing, but the original words read “Wherever there are ruins/lies like flames/dance across time.”
The video itself can be viewed here.
Online journal Danse Macabre du Jour presents dark and strange literature in a blend of obscure classics and contemporary works. Today, it published my poem “My Pretties.” This one conjures familiars to carry on ecoterrorist schemes of spreading seeds in areas dominated by civilization. You can read it here.
Speculative fiction magazine The Colored Lens published my short story “A Diamond in the Mind’s Eye” in their Summer 2017 issue #24. You can buy a Kindle copy of the whole issue here. The story itself just went live on the magazine’s homepage today; you can read it here.
The story follows an explorer who has been tracking a legendary giant diamond across the galaxy. What he finds is more disappointing than he expected, and ultimately far more valuable.
I’ve published a few stories before, but this is my first paid piece.
Today, poetry blog In Between Hangovers published my poem “When is Enough Is Enough Is Enough?” You can read the full text here.
Black Poppy Review posted my poem “This World is Ash” today. The poem takes the volcanic destruction of Herculanum and Pompei as it’s starting point. You can read the full piece here.
Up the Staircase Quarterly #38 is a special issue collecting audio and visual poetry. It includes my video poem “Fake History,” along with a note about the inspiration and making of the piece. You can check it out here.
Poetry blog Rusty Truck posted my poem “Work Hurts” today in company with a batch of outlaw writing. This piece refers to a short-lived temp work assignment I had at the main USPS office in DC many years ago. You can read it here.
Otoliths #46, the southern autumn issue, is finally live on the web. A massive collection of visual, textual and video works, the issue includes my text poem “Hashing the Input” along with a link to the “Succubus Highway” video poem, and six stills from that video piece. The stills and video incorporate a section of the text piece: “lies like flames dance across time.” You can check out the whole package here.
Early this morning, three of my poems went live on Midnight Lane Boutique: “Margin Flowers,” “Eat this History,” and “Tame Me Baudelaire.” You can read them here. As a bonus, a link to my music video “Fire Dance” is included.
Midnight Lane Boutique features outlaw poetry with a dark tone, with great visual design. Well worth exploring.
Yesterday Full of Crow published four of my poems in its huge Spring/Summer double issue: “Imaginary Mind,” “The People Next Door,” “Lure of the 70s,” and “The Day of Dreams and Awakenings.” You can read them here.
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